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kifimbocheza on "use of image in media library as blog banner image"

kifimbocheza — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:50:45 +0000

thank you very much! Though the issue had resolved itself already, I'm happy to have the image back on my drive.

Why didn't I do that originally?

Thanks again
Peter

panaghiotisadam on "use of image in media library as blog banner image"

panaghiotisadam — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:41:17 +0000

You go to Media > Library, hover under the image title, click Show, and copy the image to your computer. Then you go to Appearance > Header and upload it from your computer. Ideally you should first resize it to the exact dimensions the new theme requires:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/header-images/
This is the reason why you can't use it directly from the media library: each theme has different header image dimensions, so you need a properly sized image or an image that will go through the cropper upon uploading.

kifimbocheza on "use of image in media library as blog banner image"

kifimbocheza — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:37:45 +0000

I was using coraline and had my own image as the banner. when experimenting with other themes, the image disappeared from teh blog. It is still in the media library but I can't put an image on the banner from the media library when customising. I don't have the original image apart from the copy that is in the mdeia library. Any ideas on how I can get it back as my banner image?

Thanks
Peter